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| <h1>Graphiti "New and Noteworthy" for Indigo</h1> |
| <p>Last revised January 12, 2012</p> |
| <p>This document describes the new development topics and bug fixes |
| that were adressed during a milestone towards the release 0.8.2 within |
| the Indigo release train.</p> |
| |
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| <td colspan="2"> |
| <hr style="color: grey; height: 5px" /> |
| <h2> |
| <b>SR2</b> |
| </h2> |
| <hr /> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr id="Bugfixes"> |
| <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left"><b>The following |
| bugs were fixed for the Indigo SR2 release of Graphiti (version |
| number is 0.8.2)</b></td> |
| <td width="70%" valign="top"><ul> |
| <li><a |
| href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=357764">Bug |
| 357764</a> - IndexOutOfBoundsException when creating new |
| ContainerShape inside existing one</li> |
| <li><a |
| href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=365169">Bug |
| 365169</a> - DiagramEditorInternal's selectionChanged() method |
| doesn't support FormEditor-based multipage editors</li> |
| <li><a |
| href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=359217">Bug |
| 359217</a> - Documentation: Plugin-In structure page missing some plugins</li> |
| <li><a |
| href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=359526">Bug |
| 359526</a> - NPE in DomainModelWorkspaceSynchronizerDelegate</li> |
| <li><a |
| href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=368146">Bug |
| 368146</a> - RuntimeException during SVG export</li> |
| <li><a |
| href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=370457">Bug |
| 370457</a> - SVG export is only installable with the sdk.plus feature</li> |
| </ul></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td colspan="2"> |
| <hr style="color: grey; height: 5px" /> |
| <h2> |
| <b>SR1</b> |
| </h2> |
| <hr /> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr id="Bugfixes"> |
| <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left"><b>The following |
| bugs were fixed for the Indigo SR1 release of Graphiti (version |
| number is 0.8.1)</b></td> |
| <td width="70%" valign="top"><ul> |
| <li><a |
| href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=355347">Bug |
| 355347</a> - Depreciate and finally remove setters of Graphiti's Font |
| Interface</li> |
| <li><a |
| href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=352709">Bug |
| 352709</a> - Invalid image provider id crashes diagram editor</li> |
| <li><a |
| href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=351053">Bug |
| 351053</a> - Check the need for WorkspaceCommandStackImpl</li> |
| <li><a |
| href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=348662">Bug |
| 348662</a> - Setting tooltip to null in tool behavior provider |
| doesn't clear up tooltip</li> |
| <li><a |
| href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=348637">Bug |
| 348637</a> - Direct-editing box for connection text decorator has |
| size issues</li> |
| <li><a |
| href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=348634">Bug |
| 348634</a> - Direct-editing invoked again after user clicks away from |
| the label and moves back</li> |
| </ul></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td colspan="2"> |
| <hr style="color: grey; height: 5px" /> |
| <h2> |
| <b>M7</b> |
| </h2> |
| <hr /> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr id="bug 324859"> |
| <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left"><b>Undo/Redo |
| support for Non-EMF domain models</b></td> |
| <td width="70%" valign="top">It is now possible to provide |
| undo/redo functionality for operations on non-EMF domain models. In |
| order to implement this, users of the Graphiti framework can |
| implement the new interface <i>ICustomUndoableFeature</i> with their |
| features or the new interface <i>ICustomUndoablePattern</i> with |
| their patterns. If they do so, the feature or pattern will be called |
| as soon as an undo or redo is performed for this feature. For |
| details on this new possibility see <a |
| href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=324859">Bugzilla |
| 324859</a>. |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td colspan="2"> |
| <hr /> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr id="bug 324058"> |
| <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left"><b>User selection |
| context in IDirectEditing APIs</b></td> |
| <td width="70%" valign="top">So far the direct editing |
| functionality in Graphiti was purely String-based. Entries in the |
| drop down or for code completion could only be identified by the |
| String they were also represented in the UI to the user. Now it is |
| possible to define and provide a proposal support class based on the |
| new interface <i>IProposalSupport</i> based on additional |
| information, e.g placed in the direct editing context. This can |
| serve e.g. tool builders having to deal with different objects that |
| have the name, like classes with the same name residing in different |
| packages. For details on this new possibility see <a |
| href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=324058">Bugzilla |
| 324058</a>. |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td colspan="2"> |
| <hr /> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr id="bug 340708"> |
| <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left"><b>Double click |
| for connections</b></td> |
| <td width="70%" valign="top">It is now possible to register A |
| feature that will be executed on double click on a connection. This |
| was so far only possible for shapes.</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td colspan="2"> |
| <hr /> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr id="bugfixing and round-offs"> |
| <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left"><b>Round-offs and |
| bugfixes</b></td> |
| <td width="70%" valign="top">Several smaller round-offs have |
| been implemented: |
| <ul> |
| <li>Visualization during direct editing now completely |
| fulfills the usability specification.</li> |
| <li>Opening a user-contributed editor within <i>AbstractDrillDownFeature</i> |
| has been made easier by providing a protected method to open and a |
| specific editor for a given diagram. |
| </li> |
| <li>The framework is now prepared for users to deal with EMF |
| objects that are equal in the sense of <i>EMFUtil.equals</i> but |
| are not identical. For details on this new possibility see <a |
| href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=335828">Bugzilla |
| 335828</a>. |
| </li> |
| </ul> Besides several bugs within the framework have been fixed. |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td colspan="2"> |
| <hr style="color: grey; height: 5px" /> |
| <h2> |
| <b>M6</b> |
| </h2> |
| <hr /> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr id="bug 326396"> |
| <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left"><b>Connections on |
| Connections</b></td> |
| <td width="70%" valign="top">It is now possible to attach |
| connections to other connections. The Graphiti metamodel offered |
| this possibility already but the framework support for this was |
| still lacking. Now, one can define so-called connection points to |
| actually split existing connections. Technically these connection |
| points are possibly active shapes that can be selected, moved or |
| deleted as any other shape. As a tool builder you need to allow this |
| new behavior when the user tries to drop a connection either via a <i>CreateConnectionFeature</i> |
| or a <i>ReconnectConnectionFeature</i>. Example implementations are |
| available in the Sketch testtool in the tests folder in the Graphiti |
| CVS. <img src="images/NaNW-Indigo-M6-Connection.jpg" /> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td colspan="2"> |
| <hr /> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr id="bug 323358"> |
| <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left"><b>Font Management</b> |
| </td> |
| <td width="70%" valign="top">Graphiti now manages the fonts that |
| are used inside a diagram just the way it was already done for |
| colors. This feature was introduced in order to improve the graphics |
| handles usage and number of classes instantiated; multiple uses of |
| the same font will now lead to only one instance of that font |
| existing inside the diagram. Just as the colors fonts are now |
| managed at Diagram level and no longer on the individual graphical |
| elements. <b>Note: this is an minor incompatible change in the |
| Graphiti API you will need to adapt to!</b> There are no font creation |
| methods any more, instead you will need to call manageFont on the |
| diagram. <b>Besides diagrams that were created using Graphiti |
| versions before 0.8.0 M6 will need a migration</b> if tool defined |
| fonts are used. The Graphiti framework provides a small migration |
| utility that can be triggered at an appropriate time by the tool. We |
| decided explicitly against triggering the migration from the |
| framework, because there will definitely by different requirements |
| on the time of triggering in the various tool scenarios. Besides |
| there will be tools that will need no migration at all and would be |
| only suffer a time penalty from that check and migration being done |
| in the framework. More details on the API change and the migrator |
| can be found in the Bugzilla <a |
| href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=323358">323358</a>. |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td colspan="2"> |
| <hr /> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr id="bug 336075"> |
| <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left"><b>URIEditorInput</b> |
| </td> |
| <td width="70%" valign="top">The Graphiti DiagramEditor now |
| accepts <i>URIEditorInput</i> objects. They can be created outside |
| the editor and the editor will care about opening the corresponding |
| diagram. |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td colspan="2"> |
| <hr /> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr id="bug 329523"> |
| <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left"><b>Resource Saved |
| Hook</b></td> |
| <td width="70%" valign="top">A new hook <i>resourcesSaved()</i> |
| has been introduced in the diagram type provider. It will be called |
| by the framework right after a diagram has been saved. |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td colspan="2"> |
| <hr /> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr id="bug 336828"> |
| <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left"><b>Pattern |
| Enhancements</b></td> |
| <td width="70%" valign="top">Graphiti patterns now allow the |
| integration of delete, remove and direct editing features. These |
| functionalities before had to be implemented within separate |
| features. Besides the patterns now easily allow to prevent that a |
| creation tool entry is created for them in the editor palette.</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td colspan="2"> |
| <hr /> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr id="bug 323155"> |
| <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left"><b>Printing and |
| Saving as Image</b></td> |
| <td width="70%" valign="top">Graphiti supports printing and |
| saving a diagram to an image. There have always been hooks were the |
| user can influence the default behaviors for these operations. |
| Nevertheless it was not clear if the way this was enabled was really |
| feasible. An investigation of the two features that exist for those |
| purposes (<i>DefaultPrintFeature</i> and <i>DefaultSaveImageFeature</i>) |
| showed that tool builders can rudimentary implement behavioral |
| changes to those features (like changing the selection in the |
| editor), so it makes sense to keep the implementations available. |
| The existing state was documented in the JavaDoc at the appropriate |
| classes and methods and a not used property in the save context was |
| removed. This functionality might be subject to further enhancement |
| request as tools need more possibilities to influence the behavior. |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td colspan="2"> |
| <hr /> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr id="bugfixing"> |
| <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left"><b>Fixing of Bugs</b> |
| </td> |
| <td width="70%" valign="top">Some bugs in the area of anchor |
| handling and drill down features were fixed. Also, the used SUA was |
| updated to the newest Indigo version.</td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| |
| <tr> |
| <td colspan="2"> |
| <hr style="color: grey; height: 5px" /> |
| <h2> |
| <b>M5</b> |
| </h2> |
| <hr /> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr id="bug 323359"> |
| <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left"><b>Globalization</b></td> |
| <td width="70%" valign="top">Graphiti now uses resource bundles |
| for all its texts and is ready to be translated.</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td colspan="2"> |
| <hr /> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr id="bug 327669"> |
| <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left"><b>API Usages</b></td> |
| <td width="70%" valign="top">Graphiti now uses other projects |
| only via their public APIs. Usages of GEF internal stuff has been |
| removed.</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td colspan="2"> |
| <hr /> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr id="bug 332704"> |
| <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left"><b>Accessibility</b></td> |
| <td width="70%" valign="top">Graphiti now fully supports themes |
| like the high contrast mode to enable Accessibility for disabled |
| users. Some gaps in presenting selections and gradients were closed.</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td colspan="2"> |
| <hr /> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr id="bug 326993"> |
| <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left"><b>Prevent |
| Multiple Popups</b></td> |
| <td width="70%" valign="top">When deleting more than one object |
| a confirmation popup for each of the objects was presented to the |
| user. This has been improved so that the user has the option "Yes |
| for all" available.</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td colspan="2"> |
| <hr /> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr id="bugfixing"> |
| <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left"><b>Fixing of Bugs</b> |
| </td> |
| <td width="70%" valign="top">Some bugs especially in the area of |
| the zoom animation, ContextButtonPadData and grid alignment were |
| fixed.</td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| |
| <tr> |
| <td colspan="2"> |
| <hr style="color: grey; height: 5px" /> |
| <h2> |
| <b>M4</b> |
| </h2> |
| <hr /> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr id="bug 330230"> |
| <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left"><b>Indigo Release |
| Train</b></td> |
| <td width="70%" valign="top">Graphiti declared its participation |
| in the Indigo release train. All project metadata settings were done |
| and the project update site is aggregated into the common Indigo |
| milestones update site.</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td colspan="2"> |
| <hr /> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr id="bug 330218"> |
| <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left"><b>Vector Graphics |
| Export</b></td> |
| <td width="70%" valign="top">Diagrams can now be exported also |
| in vector graphics format (SVG). This is available from the save as |
| dialog of a diagram editor besides the traditional save as JPG, BMP |
| etc.</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td colspan="2"> |
| <hr /> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr id="FillGaps"> |
| <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left"><b>Filling of |
| functional gaps</b></td> |
| <td width="70%" valign="top">Some functional gaps like missing |
| services, automated resizing for combo boxes, creation of color |
| constants from RGB string etc. were filled.</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td colspan="2"> |
| <hr /> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr id="BugFixing"> |
| <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left"><b>Fixing of bugs</b> |
| </td> |
| <td width="70%" valign="top">Some bugs (especially in the area |
| of refreshing the diagram were fixed.</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td colspan="2"> |
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